circumvest

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin circumvestire, from circum (around) + vestire (to clothe).

Verb

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circumvest (third-person singular simple present circumvests, present participle circumvesting, simple past and past participle circumvested)

  1. (obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.

References

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circumvest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.